Background
Sandberg, Adolph Engelbrekt was born on February 15, 1898 in Minneapolis. Son of Gustaf Adolf and Tekla (Meck) Sandberg.
Sandberg, Adolph Engelbrekt was born on February 15, 1898 in Minneapolis. Son of Gustaf Adolf and Tekla (Meck) Sandberg.
Bachelor of Arts Minnesota, 1929. AM, University Cincinnati, 1931. Doctor of Philosophy, University Cincinnati, 1937.
Instructor geology, U. Cincinnati, 1929-1939; geologist, Panama Canal, Cocoli, Canal Zone, 1939-1944; geologist, Socony Vacuum Oil Corporation Colombia, Bogota, 1944-1946; geologist, Gulf Oil Corporation, Managua, Nicaragua, 1947-1948; professor geology, Louisiana State University, Raton Rouge, from 1948; department chairman, Louisiana State University, Raton Rouge, from 1953. Consultant geologist, Panema, Chile, Columbia, Minnesota.
Fellow Geological Society American. Member American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers, Society Economics Geologists, American Association Geology Teachers, United States Naval Institute, Sigma Xi. M C.
Married Harriet Burquist, September 14, 1929 (deceased 1962). Children: David Alexander, Philip Alan. Married Marian Mitchell Heiberg, September 6, 1963.
Stepchildren: Carol Ellen Cook, Ann Phillips.